MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav Were Trying To Hit, But Pitch Was Pretty Slow: Rohit Sharma On Defeat Against England In Last Match
Mumbai: This would be India’s poor performance in chasing the target of 338 runs against England at Edgbaston had fans wondering what had happened to MS Dhoni.
Dhoni and Kedar didn’t show their intent to play even both batsmen are capable of hitting the ball out of the park this left crowd frustrated in Birmingham.
Rohit said in a press conference, “They were trying to hit the ball but at the end, it got pretty slow. You have to give credit to England’s team because they mixed up their variation nicely and kept us guessing all the way through the game.”
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India always had a long way to run-rate after 28-1 after 10 overs – the slowest power play ever of the tournament – but Rohit Sharma (102), Virat Kohli (66) got the momentum through the innings Rishabh Pant (32) and Hardik Pandya, who scored 45 runs in 33 balls.
Dhoni and Jadhav faced 31 balls and played out 7 dots, They ran 20 singles and hit only 1 six and 3 fours when the need of the hour was a lot more boundaries.
India’s unbeaten run at the tournament ended, but it remained in the second spot on the World Cup standings with two group games to play.
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